This is a complete listing of the events hosted by the New Writing Series since
its inception in 1999. For more information on the NWS, please visit our blog!
| SPRING 2015 | ||||
| 19 February | Aaron Burch | |||
| 19 March | Ben Lerner | |||
| 26 March | Grady Aways for Creative Writing | |||
| 2 April | Robert Adamson | |||
| 9 April | Julia Elliott | |||
| 16 April | Norma Cole | |||
| 23 April | Bill Berkson | |||
| FALL 2014 | ||||
| 18 September | Rosa Alcalá | |||
| 2 October | Rachel Tzvia Back | |||
| 23 October | Jeff Jackson | |||
| 6 November | Alice Notley | |||
| 13 November | Christopher Merkner | |||
| 20 November | Diane Cook | |||
| 4 December | Hoa Nguyen and Dale Smith | |||
| SPRING 2014 | ||||
| SPRING 2014 | ||||
13 February |
Grady Awards for Creative Writing | |||
25 February |
Philip Boehm | |||
20 March |
Tracie Morris | |||
27 March |
Christine Hume | |||
3 April |
Deb Olin Unferth | |||
10 April |
Ray Halliday | |||
17 April |
Jennifer Scappettone | |||
24 April |
MA Thesis Reading: Poetry | |||
1 May |
MA Thesis Reading: Fiction | |||
| FALL 2013 | ||||
| 19 September | Tamas Dobozy | |||
| 10 October | John Godfrey | |||
| 17 October | Adam Novy | |||
| 31 October | Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Maurice Burford, & Aaron Pinnix | |||
| 7 November | Susan Steinberg | |||
| 21 November | Jaap Blonk | |||
| 5 December | Sara Wintz and Megan Kaminski | |||
| SPRING 2013 | ||||
13 February |
Orlando White | |||
28 February |
Renee Gladman & Danielle Vogel | |||
21 March |
Dimitri Anastasopoulos | |||
28 March |
E. Tracy Grinnell & Julian Brolaski | |||
4 April |
Ann Moschovakis & Christina Davis | |||
5/6 April |
Bibliopoetics: The Art & Future of the Book | |||
11 Aprill |
Jena Osman | |||
18 April |
Monica Youn | |||
25 April |
Peter Markus | |||
2 May |
Grady Awards in Creative Writing | |||
| FALL 2012 | ||||
20 September |
Martin Corless-Smith & James Brophy | |||
27 September |
Lily Hoang | |||
4 October |
Ernesto Livon-Grosman | |||
11 October |
P Inman & Cathy Eisenhower | |||
18 October |
Jeffrey DeShell | |||
25 October |
Myung Mi Kim | |||
8 November |
Mary Jo Bang | |||
15 November |
Joanna Howard | |||
29 November |
Matvei Yankelevich & Franklin Bruno | |||
| SPRING 2012 | ||||
19 January |
Joshua Edwards & Ish Klein | |||
26 January |
Justin Taylor | |||
16 February |
Grady Awards in Creative Writing | |||
15 March |
Devin Johnson & Elizabeth Arnold | |||
22 March |
Jaap Blonk | |||
12 April |
Matt Bell | |||
| FALL 2011 | ||||
15 September |
Amina Cain | |||
22 September |
Laura Mullen & Kathleen Ossip | |||
29 September |
Pierre Joris & Ken Irby | |||
13 October |
Ed Roberson | |||
3 November |
Ted Pelton | |||
10 November |
Joshua Corey | |||
17 November |
David Trinidad & Jason Canniff | |||
| SPRING 2011 | ||||
15 February |
Danielle Dutton | |||
17 February |
Holly Wilson | |||
21 February |
Matthew Kirkpatrick | |||
24 February |
Gregory Howard | |||
31 March |
James Wagner | |||
7 April |
Rosmarie Waldrop | |||
14 April |
Brock Clarke | |||
21 April |
Grady Awards in Creative Writing | |||
| FALL 2010 | ||||
23 September |
Joanna Fuhrman & Rick Snyder | |||
30 September |
Ann Lauterbach & Rachel Perry | |||
7 October |
Lance Olsen | |||
28 October |
Jessica Anthony | |||
4 November |
Sharon Mesmer | |||
18 November |
Sarah Riggs & Omar Berrada | |||
| SPRING 2010 | ||||
4 February |
Catherine Wagner | |||
18 February |
Laird Hunt | |||
25 February |
Sharon Mesmer | |||
18 March |
William Corbett | |||
23 March |
Rebecca S. Griffin & Michael T. Fournier | |||
30 March |
Amy Jirsa & Rachel Perry | |||
8 April |
Eileen Myles | |||
22 April |
Donald Revell | |||
| FALL 2009 | ||||
17 September |
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge | |||
1 October |
Rae Armantrout | |||
8 October |
Selah Saterstrom | |||
22 October |
Bill Berkson | |||
29 October |
Elizabeth Willis | |||
05 November |
Dan Beachy-Quick | |||
12 November |
Douglas Rothschild | |||
| SPRING 2009 | ||||
22 January |
Richard Blanco | |||
30 January |
Magdalena Zurawski & CA Conrad | |||
19 February |
Kenneth Goldsmith | |||
19 March |
Grady Award Winners | |||
25 March |
Claudia Rankine | |||
2 April |
Nada Gordon & Gary Sullivan | |||
16 April |
Alexander Irvine | |||
| FALL 2008 | ||||
18 September |
Diane Williams | |||
2 October |
Davis Schneiderman | |||
8 October |
Tom Pickard | |||
16 October |
Tom Raworth | |||
23 October |
Lydia Millet | |||
20 November |
Geraldine Monk & Alan Halsey | |||
4 December |
Richard Deming & Nancy Kuhl | |||
| SPRING 2008 | ||||
14 February |
Mel Nichols & Rob Smith | |||
21 February |
Grady Award Winners | |||
28 February |
Stephen Cope & Catherine Taylor | |||
20 March |
Eléna Rivera & Jennifer Moxley | |||
26 March |
Thomas Sayers Ellis | |||
3 April |
Rodney Koeneke & Benjamin Friedlander | |||
10 April |
Julia Elliott | |||
29 April |
Patricia Sithole & Otrude Moyo | |||
| FALL 2007 | ||||
12 September |
Ron Padgett | |||
27 September |
Joanne Kyger | |||
18 October |
David Matlin | |||
8 November |
Sawako Nakayasu & Aaron Kunin | |||
15 November |
Michael Davidson | |||
29 November |
Edward Desautels | |||
| SPRING 2007 | ||||
25 January |
Tina Darragh | |||
8 February |
Jonathan Skinner & Annie Finch | |||
22 February |
Grady Award Winners | |||
22 March |
Steve Tomasula | |||
4 April |
Robert Kelly | |||
12 April |
Dani Leone | |||
16 April |
Rosanna Warren | |||
26 April |
Allison Cobb & Brenda Coultas | |||
| FALL 2006 | ||||
28 September |
Anna Moschovakis & Matvei Yankelevich | |||
5 October |
Robert Grenier | |||
18 October |
Bob Perelman | |||
2 November |
Christina Milletti & Dimitri Anastasopoulos | |||
30 November |
Celebrating Sylvester Pollet's Backwoods Broadsides | |||
7 December |
Brian Evenson | |||
| SPRING 2006 | ||||
16 February |
GRADY AWARD WINNERS | |||
23 February |
CARLA HARRYMAN | |||
23 March |
FRED WAH | |||
6 April |
PIERRE JORIS | |||
20 April |
MARY CAPONEGRO | |||
27 April |
JULIETTE VALÉRY & EMMANUEL HOCQUARD | |||
| FALL 2005 | ||||
29 September |
JOAN RETALLACK | |||
18 October |
HARRYETTE MULLEN | |||
27 October |
ANNE WALDMAN | |||
10 November |
K. SILEM MOHAMMAD & STEPHANIE YOUNG | |||
17 November |
PETER CULLEY & DAVID PERRY | |||
1 December |
ALEXANDER IRVINE | |||
8 December |
DAVID KRESS | |||
| SPRING 2005 | ||||
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20
January |
ELIZABETH WILLIS
& PETER GIZZI |
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3
February |
DANIEL
BOUCHARD & LEE ANN BROWN |
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17
March |
LYN
HEJINIAN |
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5
April |
JULIANA
SPAHR & MARK MCMORRIS |
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14
April |
MICHAEL
PALMER |
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21
April |
WALTER
LEW & AMMIEL ALCALAY |
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| FALL 2004 | ||||
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21
September |
MARJORIE WELISH | |||
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30
September |
FANNY HOWE | |||
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7
October |
COLE SWENSEN | |||
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19
October |
TONY LOPEZ & GEOFFREY YOUNG | |||
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4
November |
ALICE NOTLEY | |||
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18
November |
DEVIN JOHNSTON & ANDREW JORON | |||
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| SPRING 2004 | ||||
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12
February |
BILL LUOMA & JOHN WILKINSON | link | |||
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26 February |
NWS POET PROFILES — FILM SCREENING | |||
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18
March |
ANITA SKEEN | |||
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25 March |
KAREN MAC CORMACK & JOSHUA CLOVER | link | |||
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01 April |
STEPHEN RODEFER | |||
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08 April |
ROSA ALCALA & KEITH WALDROP | |||
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22 April 4:30pm |
JACKSON MAC LOW & ANNE TARDOS | |||
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22 April 8:00pm |
CHRISTIAN BÖK | |||
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FALL
2003 |
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23
September |
PAUL VANGELISTI | |||
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02
October |
ERIN MOURÉ | |||
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09
October |
MARCELLA DURAND & DREW GARDNER | |||
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16
October |
JEROME ROTHENBERG | |||
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23
October |
DAVID ADAMS & KATIE DALEY | |||
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30
October |
GEORGE STANLEY & KEVIN DAVIES | |||
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06
November |
RON SILLIMAN | |||
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13
November |
ROSMARIE WALDROP | |||
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18
November |
NATHANIEL MACKEY | |||
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04
December |
A CELEBRATION of TRANSLATION | |||
| SPACER | ||||
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SPRING
2003 |
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06
February |
LISA ROBERTSON | |||
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25
February |
MARJORIE AGOSIN | |||
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04
March |
BETH ANDERSON & MICHAEL SCHARF | |||
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27
March |
CONNIE VOISINE & LUCY HONIG | |||
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10
April |
DODIE BELLAMY & KEVIN KILLIAN | |||
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24
April |
ED ROBERSON | |||
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01
May |
BOB PERELMAN & KIT ROBINSON | |||
| SPACER | ||||
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FALL
2002 |
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12
September |
BENJAMIN HOLLANDER | |||
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19
September |
TWO FILMS ON THE NEW YORK SCHOOL* | |||
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26
September |
CLAYTON ESHLEMAN | |||
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03
October |
CHINYERE GRACE OKAFOR | |||
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10
October |
CHRIS STROFFOLINO | |||
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17
October |
JOHN TRANTER & BRIAN KIM STEFANS | |||
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24
October |
ROBIN BLASER | |||
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29
October |
ROBERT CREELEY | |||
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14
November |
ALAN GILBERT& ROBERTO TEJADA | |||
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19
November |
HEATHER FULLER & MARK MCMORRIS | |||
| SPACER | * Something Wonderful May Happen + Footage of Frank O'Hara | |||
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SPRING
2002 |
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14
February |
DAVID ANTIN | |||
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21
February |
ASKIA TOURE | |||
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28
February |
JENNIFER ANNA GOSETTI & MICHAEL ALPERT | |||
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28
March |
JAMES THOMAS STEVENS & SSIPSIS | |||
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03
April |
CHARLES BERNSTEIN | |||
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11
April |
NICOLE BROSSARD | |||
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18
April |
RAE ARMANTROUT | |||
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25
April |
KATHLEEN ELLIS & CANDICE STOVER | |||
| SPACER | ||||
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FALL
2001 |
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20
September |
JULIE PATTON | |||
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27
September |
ROBERT CREELEY | |||
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04
October |
PATRICIA RANZONI & GARY LAWLESS | |||
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11
October |
BILL BERKSON | |||
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18
October |
BENJAMIN FRIEDLANDER | |||
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25
October |
RACHEL BLAU DUPLESSIS | |||
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01
November |
ALICE NOTLEY | |||
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08
November |
JEFF CLARK & DAMON KRUKOWSKI | |||
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15
November |
KEN NORRIS & ROB MCCLENNAN | |||
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06
December |
LAURA MORIARTY & STEVE BENSON | |||
| SPACER | ||||
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SPRING
2001 |
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08
February |
KRISTIN PREVALLET & DANIEL BOUCHARD | |||
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20
February |
LEE ANN BROWN | |||
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01
March |
ROBERT CREELEY | |||
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06
March |
SYLVESTER POLLET & ROBERT FITTERMAN | |||
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29
March |
BERNADETTE MAYER | |||
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10
April |
EILEEN MYLES | |||
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19
April |
CONSTANCE HUNTING & JENNIFER MOXLEY | |||
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26
April |
KEVIN DAVIES | |||
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27-29
April |
MAINE POETRY & STORY EXCHANGE | |||
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01
May |
DICK LOURIE | |||
| SPACER | ||||
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FALL
2000 |
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21
September |
JAY WRIGHT | |||
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03
October |
JAYNE CORTEZ | |||
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19
October |
BRIAN KIM STEFANS & ROD SMITH | |||
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24
October |
KATHLEEN FRASER | |||
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26
October |
ROBERT GRENIER | |||
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09
November |
JOANNE KYGER | |||
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14
November |
ELAINE EQUI | |||
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16
November |
LORENZO THOMAS | |||
| SPACER | ||||
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SPRING
2000 |
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16
February |
TED ENSLIN | |||
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29
February |
AMIRI BARAKA | |||
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17
April |
MICHAEL GIZZI & CLARK COOLIDGE | |||
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18
April |
ROBERT CREELEY | |||
| SPACER | ||||
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FALL
1999 |
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18
November |
LEE ANN BROWN & BENJAMIN FRIEDLANDER | |||
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02
December |
ANSELM BERRIGAN & JENNIFER MOXLEY | |||
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All events are free and open to the public. The New Writing Series is sponsored by the English Department of the University of Maine, the National Poetry Foundation, and grants from the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee. |